כַּעַס kaas

Hebrew word for “vexation” · Strong’s H3708 · used 25 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

anger, vexation; Also means: ka.as (כַּ֫עַשׂ "vexation" H3708B)

Senses in the lexicon

• vexation (21)
• vexation (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for kaas in context, with how often each is used:

• provocation 8
• vexation 6
• grief 5
• anger 4
• provocations 1
• frustration 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 32 (2), 1 Samuel 1 (2), Ecclesiastes 7 (2), 1 Kings 15 (1), 1 Kings 21 (1), 2 Kings 23 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 10 (1), Job 17 (1)

Forms

• כעס 8
• וכעס 4
• מכעס 2
• וכעסי 1
• בכעסו 1
• הכעס 1
• הכעסים 1
• בכעס 1
• כעסך 1
• כעסו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kaas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כָּעַס kaas “to provoke” 5
• אֱוִיל evil “fool(ish)” 3
• עָשֵׁשׁ ashesh “to waste” 2
• מַכְאוֹב makhov “pain” 2
• צָרַר tsarar “to vex” 2
• הֶבֶל hevel “vanity” 2
• כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 2
• לֵב lev “heart” 3
• יָרָבְעָם yarovam “Jeroboam” 2
• רֹב rov “abundance” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 3
• רוּם rum “to exalt” 2

Key verses

The verses using kaas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 32:19 — And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
• Deuteronomy 32:27 — Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and…
• 2 Kings 23:26 — Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that…
• Job 5:2 — For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
• Psalms 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the…
• Psalms 31:9 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
• Psalms 85:4 — Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
• Proverbs 27:3 — A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
• Ecclesiastes 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
• Ecclesiastes 7:3 — Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Ezekiel 20:28 — For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.